John Curl's Blowtorch preamplifier part II

[jacco vermeulen]

Mmm, and you would call Hans Deutsch von Stahlenberg a SOTA audio designer ?

[janneman]

Originally Posted by Joshua_G

And you say it about something I assume you never heard.

Joshua, be reasonable. It doesn't matter what I or you have or have not heard. Stereo is the ultimate delusion. Whichever way you turn it, you imagine hearing something that isn't there. Really simple. Don't be disturbed, we're all in the same boat here.

jd

[Curly Woods]

Originally Posted by jacco vermeulen

Mmm, and you would call Hans Deutsch von Stahlenberg a SOTA audio designer ?

Jacco.......you need to call me again sometime. We need to talk, and not about Hans Deutsch von Stahlenberg

[Joshua_G]

Originally Posted by jacco vermeulen

Mmm, and you would call Hans Deutsch von Stahlenberg a SOTA audio designer ?

Definitely, the VC speakers are definitely SOTA ones.

[SY]

Flewelling knock-offs.

[Joshua_G]

Originally Posted by janneman

Joshua, be reasonable. It doesn't matter what I or you have or have not heard. Stereo is the ultimate delusion. Whichever way you turn it, you imagine hearing something that isn't there. Really simple. Don't be disturbed, we're all in the same boat here.

jd

When there is something in my living room which sounds like a live violin playing, when there is no live violin – it is a delusion. However, not many audio setups are able to create that degree of closeness to the real thing.

[myhrrhleine]

Originally Posted by FrankWW

Here's something some of you might find interesting...
The experiment found a displacement threshold of d≈2 mm corresponding to a delay discrimination of
τ≈6 μs.

Richard Heyser was claiming such things in the 1960's
he found τ≈1/4 μs.

[janneman]

Originally Posted by Joshua_G

When there is something in my living room which sounds like a live violin playing, when there is no live violin – it is a delusion. However, not many audio setups are able to create that degree of closeness to the real thing.

Agreed. The better the system, the more complete the delusion.

jd

[Steve Dunlap]

Originally Posted by Joshua_G

Good for you. Your knowledge of quantum physics must surpass his.

Amit Goswami:
Before you read any further, stop and close your eyes for a moment. Now consider the following question: for the moment your eyes were closed, did the world still exist even though you weren't conscious of it? How do you know? If this sounds like the kind of unanswerable brain teaser your Philosophy 101 professor used to employ to stretch your philosophical imagination, you might be surprised to discover that there are actually physicists at reputable universities who believe they have answered this question—and their answer, believe it or not, is no.

I'm not sure my knowledge of quantum physics surpasses his, but I am sure the wall I walked into while I had my eyes closed WAS still there.

[SY]

This is the kind of garbage we used to throw around when I was an undergrad and we were smoking dope after QM class. It's nice that the Swami has found a good scam to keep him in the lifestyle to which I'd like to be accustomed (and a much nicer one than the salaries paid profs at minor universities). There's always ignorant suckers around to eat up this garbage. Sometimes, I wish I didn't have a conscience...

Anyway, am I the only person who remembers Edmund Flewelling and his speakers? He was a delightful crackpot, and the speaker concept seems remarkably like this one.

Since my time is short today, I'll ask one of the other moderators to split off the speaker discussion into its own thread which it deserves.